6/19 He, and he alone, understands the process. We've got to treat him with due consideration, or he may leave us and carry his secret to others--to Masterson, for instance, or the Amalgamated people, or--" "Nothing doing on that, old man!" interrupted "Tiger." "Have no fear. Slade and the Cosmos Agency can take care of _him_, all right, if he asserts himself!" "Very likely," answered Flint, who had now at last entirely recovered his sang-froid. "But in that event, our work would be at a standstill. Better let the check go through, if he has nerve enough to fill it out and cash it. |